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Topic: directory path, backslash, browsers
Conf: (P-PDF) General, Msg: 82388
From: davebarnes
Date: 3/6/2003 04:01 PM

I have a PDF that has hyperlinks to PDFs in other directories. The links work in Internet Explorer, but not in Netscape and Opera.

Here is the situation.

Directory Structure
dir_A
fname_A.doc
dir_B
fname_B1.pdf
fname_B2.pdf

In the Word doc fname_A.doc, I create a hyperlink to fname_B1.pdf. If you edit the hyperlink it is shown as ../dir_B/fname_B1.pdf. Yet if you mouse over the hyperlink in Word, then it is shown as file///C:\dir_B\fname_B1.pdf. Note that one is relative and the other absolute. And one uses just forward slashes and the other both back slashes and forward slashes.

I then Convert to PDF and create a PDF. The hyperlink properties in the PDF show the link as ..\dir_B\fname_B1.pdf .
Note: back slashes.

I then upload the 3 PDF files (in their respective directories) to the UNIX-based webserver.

I then surf to the fname_A.pdf file using Internet Explorer. Click on the hyperlink to fname_B1.pdf and it is displayed. Try the same process with Netscape or Opera and get the message "Could not open the file '..\dir_B\fname_B1.pdf'".
So, conclusion is: Internet Explorer does not distinguish between back slash and forward slash in path names while Opera and Netscape do.

Question: How do I get the hyperlinks in the PDF to have forward slashes?

thanks,
dave